Show #413: "Bands & Artists Starting With M, Part 7"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "M". This is the seventh time I've drawn the letter "M", so I will start from where I left off on show #6 (which was with Merriday Park). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "M" like: Merrilee & The Turnabouts, Max Merritt & The Meteors, The Merry Dragons, The Merry-Go-Round, Merryweather, The Merseybeats, The Merseys, 2 different Messengers, The Meters, Methuselah, Michael & The Messengers, Michael & The Mumbles, Michaelangelo, Lee Michaels, Mickey & Sylvia, The Mickey Finn, Middle Of The Road, 2 different Midknights, Midnight Circus, The Midnight Snack, Midnight Sun, Midsommar, The Mighty Avengers, Mighty Baby and many others!!

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Egg

where can I hear Das Volt mister? just discovered Electric Eels. what a violence!!!!!!!!

John Battles said:

i MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID SOMETHING HERE.....Younger men , take comfort in knowing the MEMORY is first thing to go.... I'm a writer , "Musician" and sometimes visual artist , based in Chicago. Before that , I lived in Dallas and Arlington (Or Dullass and Arlingfun as we used to say....), Texas. Lived in parts of Illinois prior to that , too. I write and illustrate for Roctober magazine - www.roctober.com   , and worked with Bad Trip , Black To Comm , Psychotronic Video , and others. I've got a piece in the recent Roctober retrospective "Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll" , and in the Roctober - released or related "A Friendly Game of Poker", "T.V. a Go - Go" , and a book of interviews with Dan Clowes ("Ghost World" , "Eightball" , etc.) . I'VE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC , OFF AND ON , FOR 30 years. BUT , i'VE REMAINED A SOLO ACT WITH JUST A FEW SIDE PROJECTS (Inc. DAS VOLT , FRONTED BY BRYAN McMAHON OF THE ELECTRIC EELS. ) .   You can see my one You Tube video , my version of "Six Days on The Road", at totallybmx (That's not my page , so , show some respect.)......It'll explain why my report card says "Does'nt Play Well With Others".

Oh ! Music .....Rockabilly , Garage , Psych , Country , Blues , Early Hard Rock , R'n'B , Punk , Instrumental Rock , other stuff.

 

hey, i'm glenn and i'm just getting started on this site. i first got into rock n roll in 1967, right after the 'garage band era' of the mid 60's. i saw rock and roll die out (commercially at least by 1970) and started getting into other types of music at the time. i was happy when i first heard punk on kroq back in 1977 and it was like a breath of fresh air, or whatever it was ;) i started my radio show in 1995 and have been on once a week doing a rock n roll/punk show ever since then. it's been really fun, but i'd like to change to an an all-garage format, which would exclude all the hardcore and classic punk that i've been playing all these years. i'll miss it when i get my new show soon, but we can all probably agree on this site that 60's and retro garage punk is the best of all ;) hope to chat with some garage rockers on here soon and thanks for this site. 

Hi everybody, my name is Alvaro, I'm from Chile and I've known this website for about 3 years now, but just recently I took the courage to become a member.

I do a lot of reading (sometimes play videogames too although I suck at them), listen to music and one of my favourite bands is by far the Cramps, I'm currently broke and looking of a job.

To be honest I didn't know much about garage rock and garage punk but it was the Sonics who got my attention with their "strychnine" but the more I got into these genres of music the more I liked it, and hopefully I will meet here good people who will point me in the right direction.

Stay sick!

No!  "Murder City Nights"!

Dead Boy said:

"Man With The Golden Helmet".

You're talkin' 'bout "Blood Red River", right?  I can't recall the cover well, but maybe, it was good, so I bought another their single which includes Radio Birdman's cover "Man With The Golden Helmet". :)
 
John Battles said:

I like La Secta ,from Spain , better than The Scientists....But , I don't listen to

Sorry for last 2 incorrect links.  I wanted to link:

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Set-It-On-Fire/master/224051

Also, as Dave says, I can recommend the Spoiled Brats' "Rich Kid".

And, how about Gore Gore Girls' "Loaded Heart"?

K-Holes: "Scary" and "female fronted"

http://www.facebook.com/The.Bloodhounds check us out from los angeles 

here's our sound cloud https://soundcloud.com/the_bloodhounds

garage! rock n roll! 

I like La Secta ,from Spain , better than The Scientists....But , I don't listen to them , anymore , really. That was during the Great Garage Scare of The 90's , before Major Labels STARTED PICKING UP ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS GARAGE.......
 
Dead Boy said:

 If you like the Scientists, the tribute album of them "Set It On Fire: A Tribute To The Scientists" is great, too!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLHvbbMcwM

http://www.discogs.com/artist/

Sugar+ShackHoneymoon Killers

 

Crisis said:

but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

 If you like the Scientists, the tribute album of them "Set It On Fire: A Tribute To The Scientists" is great, too!!!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdLHvbbMcwM

http://www.discogs.com/artist/

Sugar+ShackHoneymoon Killers

Crisis said:

but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

My band The Mad Doctors is a b-movie-themed garage punk band - hopefully you'll dig our stuff! End of shameless self-promotion.

Thank you for the welcome Gringo Starr, although I'm curious as to why there was such a problem before with this kind of topic but well that's just a story for another day I guess.

Thanks for the recommendations dave, I do know The Avengers and X Ray Spex but I'll check the Detroit Cobras and the Scientists.

And about The Dyes I already know them and I'm really liking how they sound.

So in general I appreciate all your suggestions people, keep' em coming please!

On all counts - The Dyes , from Chicago. Two women on Guitar , Bass and Vocals , one mighty, mighty man on Drums. Cramps - absorbed , as opposed to just influenced , but , they've got their own thing. An extremely rare ( In Chicago , anyway .) collision of Rockabilly and Garage sounds , covering some songs associated with The Cramps , as well as a great version of Jackie DeShannon's version of Elvis' "Trouble" , and others , but also coming up with the goods , in the songwriting dept. Singer/Guitarist , Lisa , draws from Wanda Jackson , but , sounds like she's chosen evil over goodness .  Kim Fowley recently dubbed her "The Devil's Bride".

Welcome! I'm out-of-the-loop currently on bands, but I can recommend the Spoiled Brats from the '90s, and the Avengers and X-Ray Specs from the '70s.

Also, I think the Detroit Cobras are still around.

As for the Cramps, the Scientists sound a lot like them in their later stage.

Check out Lisa Doll & the Rock n Roll Romance. She makes great, fast-charging songs and she's a member on here!

First off, welcome to the Hideout Personality Crisis. I just need to quickly inform you guys that I had to close two discussions about Female Fronted Garage Punk. The member that was causing much of the problem is not with us anymore so I'm pretty confident we can give this a third try. Just keep it clean and on-subject (Garage Punk).

First off, it's amazing how many bands from outside the us are doing such great music but I've been wondering, what's going on with the local american scene? are there any new bands worth checking out? are there any female fronted bands out there? Also I would like to know if there are The Cramps-style bands out there or not and if its possible can anyone direct me to garage rock/punk bands who are kind of scary and b-movie monster like?

I'd really appreciate all your help people. I know I'm new and shouldn't be doing this kind of post but I'm really eager to discover more music.

The Fnords are great defo check them out!!!

My band are a bit more down the power pop/punk route but still check us out!

www.nervoustwitch.bandcamp.com

Yep, a very dynamic and interesting cover!!. Didn´t know this guy! Love it!
This beat for sure the psychobilly version, (which doesn´t beat the original but is fun)!
:)

The Fnords said:

This is good too, very different from the original. D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDiAP8JgD2s

Awesome cover!

Miss Strange said:

I've always dug Big Blacks cover of "the Model"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tK1xw8AzA

over Kraftwerks original (funny how dated the intro sounds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIYEPe6DWY

I've always dug Big Blacks cover of "the Model"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_tK1xw8AzA

over Kraftwerks original (funny how dated the intro sounds)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQIYEPe6DWY

 I'm partial to T.Tex Edwards' version , partly because he was one of the first people to cover it , that I know of , and mainly because he did a great job , without relying too heavily on the original. Southern Culture on The Skids did a really good verson , too.  Wanda was'nt aware the song had  a "Cult" following until she started touring again , and people began requesting it. I like The remake with The Cramps , but , for me , you can't beat the original , it has everything . That's Roy Clark doing the proto - psychedelic "Eastern" guitar .

Hey! This Born Bad series are awesome!! Cheers

Dead Boy said:

When I found that video of Tav Falco, I didn't know (remember) who played the original, but I just thought that I've heard that tune by someone somewhere.  I didn't even know who is Wanda Jackson (except her name), but now I found why I've heard it, because I have "Born Bad" volume one!!!
 
Tersicore said:

@Dead Boy, would be the Tav Falco your favorite? :)

That's just so funny.

Jarkko Immonen said:

Haven't read the whole thread so dunno if this one's been posted already. Be as it may, one of my favorite punk moments ever (from the Joe Strummer documentary):

Joe Strummer talking to the camera, backstage, pointing at passed out Bernie Rhodes:

"Look, that's the man who invented punk. Obviously it was too much for him."